Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Initiation Banquet
April 17, 2008

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Associate Member Initiates were (L-R) Herminia ("Mia") DeLaRosa-Trujillo, Elizabeth Horin, Ernest Carl McIntyre, Barbara Pamp & Robert Spencer.

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Full Member Initiates were (L-R) Jinhua Ren, Elizabeth Lehman (Promotion), Steven Robert Ennis, Dawen Li, Gurjit Mandair, Xicheng Mao, and Chao Xu.

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Teachers of the year were Kathe Hetter (far left) and Catherine Renaud (2nd from right). Presenting the awards were Bill Ensminger (President, 2nd from left) and Peter Woo (Chair of the Teacher of the Year Committee - far right).

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Winners of the Sigma Xi prizes for outstanding posters at the Southeastern Michigan Science Fair Exhibition were (L-R) Lacey Deloria, Omar Beleh, Natalie Nagpal, and Surabhi Rajaram (Not present: Katherine Fang). On the left is one of the judges, Elizabeth Duell; on the right is the another one of the judges Cynthia Marcelo (not shown were judges Robert Zand, Ron Rubin, Gus Buchtel and Margaret Evans).

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Members honored for 50 years of active membership were (L-R) Dick Robertson, Mary Mangelsen, John Holland and Stephen Liu. Gene Glysson, who organized the awards for the 50-year members is not shown.

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The Banquet Hall before the meal

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One of the tables with four of the initiates and Ken Adams, Sigma Xi member.
Some of the science Fair posters can be seen in the background.

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